Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWilmington International Airport Rescue Base
Wilmington, NC · New Hanover County. Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 1
- station
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base is a Volunteer department serving Wilmington, NC (New Hanover County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,967 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,967 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #763 of 932
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in New Hanover County
Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 58% higher than 42% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet NC-WILMINGTON-INTERNATIONAL-AIRPORT-RESCUE-BASE-NC · Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base, NC 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,967
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 161st Air Nationa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NC department.
- Wilmington Intern… (this dept) 26
- High Armington Communi…, IL 26
- Near 161st Air Nationa…, AZ 26
- Near Alna Volunteer, ME 26
- Near Arcola Fire Prote…, IL 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wilmington, NC
- County
- New Hanover County
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #763 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,967 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Wilmington International Airport Rescue Base is 5.6% of New Hanover County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 464 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.